Man convicted in stabbing death over NJ Devils hat comment

A man has been convicted of stabbing another man to death near a popular Philadelphia park because of a comment about the killer's New Jersey Devils hat.

Philly.com reports Wednesday that 42-year-old Steven Simminger has been convicted of first-degree murder for the 2016 killing of 24-year-old Colin McGovern in Rittenhouse Square.

One of McGovern's friends testified that he said something along the lines of “screw the Devils” before Simminger stabbed McGovern ten times.

Simminger's attorney maintained that her client killed the Pennsylvania man out of fear for his own life. But prosecutors called Simminger a “ticking time bomb” who was under the influence of drugs and alcohol.